Global vendor strategies - 11/09/06

Intel is firing 10% of its workforce (about 10,000 people) to keep its profitability high.

Safran (France - ex Sagem) has hired investment banks Rothschild and UBS to to advise it on the sale of its unprofitable mobile handset unit.

Sybase has bought wireless messaging company Mobile 365 in a deal valued at $400m.

InterDigital awarded $134m in arbitration with Samsung

Cisco targets to get net income growth in line with its revenue growth